Muslim Arrested for Verbally Assailing Police on Temple Mount
5 July, 2021 |
4 years ago
Jerusalem, 5 July, 2021 (TPS-IL) -- A Muslim man with Israeli citizenship was arrested by the Israel Police at the Temple Mount on Monday morning after he verbally assailed them.
The police stated that the suspect, 62 from the village of Jadeida-Makr in the north, was arrested after cursing police officers and shouting nationalist slogans at them at the Temple Mount.
According to the suspicion, the Muslim participated in morning prayers and when he entered the complex, he insulted the police officers stationed there.
At the end of the prayers, he cursed them again. His shouting caused a crowd to gather, and the Muslim was immediately arrested and taken for questioning.
The Temple Mount is often the scene of Muslim attacks against Jews visiting the holy site at troops securing the area.
